I really like hearing an actual case study. Talking in abstractions, we're in danger of forgetting the specificity of certain businesses - like Brian's.
It's refreshing to hear that social media might not serve, Brian. We are so used to hearing the koolaid drinkers hold forth. But it's clear that there are many businesses that really won't benefit.
We can see no hard benefit for social media yet...meaning we can't, nor do many consultants and so called experts, find any way to measure increased case sales for us
the market must be extremely finite for the distributor. I know NOTHING about the constraints and regulations please pardon if the questions are irrelevant.
enterprises need to worry about cloud security in so much as you're now a target on the level of the cloud providers other clients. If they are a bank and someone wants to target them, you de facto become a target as well
Mary, I'm reasonable confident about security though I'm always looking to improve. It has to be balanced with impacting peoples ability to do there jobs however
how does it affect(sp?) the distributor when demand for a product (Veuve Cliquot in this example) suddenly SKYROCKETS. (this can also be foreseen via social analytics I believe)
Kim, scaling up may become necessary should we launch expansions. Thise expansions could come in several forms, all of which would require more lead time for my business partners than IT
If we weren't out of time my next question would have been, what do you foresee as your single greatest obstacle to achieving your goals within Allied this year?
I was thinking this might be another reason to be skeptical about cloud solutions. You're not the type of enterprise which is likely to be confronted by urgent needs to scale up resources, right?
Brian: It seems that something which differentiates your business from many others is that it has a defined, relatively finite market. You are competing for market share, rather than looking to expand without limits. Does this influence your thinking on scalability when it comes to IT investment?
Good question, JW. I wonder if this is an example of a company which doesn't foresee need for scaleability. The market is finite, it's a matter of fighting for market share.
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While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
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